List of Jewish institutions could be 'catalogue for hostile actors'

One advocacy group says that a recently published database of Canadian Jewish institutions associated with Israel and its military could become “a catalogue for hostile actors who are looking for targets.” The list features schools, summer camps and synagogues in Toronto.

“Jewish institutions and communities in Canada have been shot at, fire-bombed, their windows smashed, marked with Nazi imagery, and subjected to sustained vandalism and intimidation,” said Austin Parcels in a statement to National Post. Parcels is the manager of research and advocacy for B’nai Brith Canada.

Publishing a database of such places “framed as if their ties to Israel are incriminating is inciting and dangerous,” said Parcels.

The database, called GTA to IDF, features seven Jewish institutions, a description